Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is known to have popularize the sentence: “Software is eating the world”. Thus, some start-ups based on a new software are disrupting whole sectors, like AirBnb with the hotel industry.

Benedict Evans, an Internet Analyst, has come up with a new report with the title: “Mobile is eating the world”. He has some interesting conclusions that

Rovio just reported that revenues have doubled in 2012, due to strong game and consumer-product sales. Rovio Entertainment is producing Angry Birds and several other mobile games. Revenues reached around $195 million, up 101 percent from $97 million in 2011. Earnings before interest and taxes are up 50 percent from $60.2 million in 2011 to $98.5 million in 2012. Headcount has doubled to 518 employees.

According to Rovio CFO, Herkko Soininen: “We doubled our revenue with an EBIT margin of 50%, more than doubled our headcount, established new offices, and a new business ventures unit. Also, to protect our own, as well as our partners’ and our fans’ interests, we continue to invest heavily in brand protection globally.”

In 2012, Rovio successfully launched four major mobile games: Angry Birds Space, Amazing Alex, Bad Piggies, and Angry Birds Star Wars. Sales of these games, along with in-app advertising, were two of Rovio’s major revenue streams.

The other major area of growth is Rovio’s consumer products line of toys, branded peripherals, and smartphone cases. The derivative products division more than tripled in revenues and now generates nearly 45 percent of its total revenue. A new important milestone is the active-monthly-user count that is now past the quarter billion mark.

Rovio CEO, Mikael Hed suggests: “Rovio has grown from a phenomenon to a very successful global business. In 2010 we set out to build an entertainment company and after last years performance we are on a strong path to achieve our goal.”

Rovio wants to become a worldwide content and merchandise powerhouse with a series of new titles, consumer products, and entertainment releases in the works. The company is inspired by Disney’s business model. It is also working on an Angry Birds cartoon, and also a movie for 2016.

“We have had a stellar start for this year,” said Hed. “In addition to our successful games portfolio, we recently launched our first Angry Birds Toons series through third-party partners and our own in-game distribution channel. We will continue to strengthen our position in the entertainment business through continuing to innovate on our existing brands, exploring creating new IP as well as exploring opportunities with external parties.”

comScore just published a new report on 2013 Canada Digital Future in Focus. The highlights are:

Canada continues to be a leader in engagement, with users spending more than 41 hours per month online on their desktop computers, representing the 2nd highest engagement across the globe. Canada ranks 1st in terms of monthly pages and visits per visitor.

Online video is of growing importance to the digital ecosystem as long-form viewing and premium programming migrates online. Canadians rank 2nd worldwide in terms of monthly hours of video viewing (25) and number of videos per viewer (291). The Entertainment category saw the largest growth in number of videos viewed versus a year ago.

The digital ad market is healthy and growing in Canada, with 724 billion display ad impressions in 2012, up 17 percent year-over-year. Social Media, Entertainment and Portal sites continue to account for the highest share of impressions.

The rapid adoption of internet-enabled devices is contributing to a more fragmented digital media landscape. Smartphone subscribers grew by 17 percent in 2012, with Google Android now accounting for 40 percent of the market. Subscribers watching video on their mobile phones has increased 21 points in the last year, while search is the fastest-growing mobile content category.

Social Media players are increasing their visitor base and engagement, while Facebook maintains its strong lead in the category. There are several rising stars to watch in 2013 – Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram are all seeing strong visitor growth rates.

Major industry verticals are experiencing growth in digital channels. Retail e-commerce reached $22.3 billion dollars in Canada in 2012, up 10 percent versus a year ago. Banking and Automotive content consumption and digital advertising are also experiencing gains across both desktop and mobile channels.